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[PAST EVENT] January Discovery Lab: Rays- CANCELLED

January 28, 2014
6pm - 8pm
Location
VIMS - Catlett-Burruss Research and Education Lab
7577 Spencer Road
Gloucester Point, VA 23062Map this location
Rays, disc-shaped cousins of sharks and skates, are common inhabitants of Chesapeake Bay. Join Bob Fisher, a fisheries and seafood technology specialist at VIMS, as he describes the importance of rays in the Bay ecosystem and explores whether a ray fishery might help reduce their reported consumption of farmed shellfish. The lab will offer a ray tasting, a look at the distribution of rays around the world, information about the dangers of ray stingers, and activities to distinguish rays from skates. The lab will focus on the Cownose Ray.
Contact

[[v| mcguire, Sarah McGuire Nuss]] Virginia Institute of Marine Science 804-684-7878